Bionic Woman ( 2007)

[Mr.Marion]

Am I the only one who enjoyed this show?

[Mikey]

...Yes

[TrekStar]

Are those Klingon boots?

[LonnieFisher]

You were the only one. I'm not sure what you liked about it, but the rest of us were very disappointed with it!

[knight errant00]

Yes, you were.

[samurainoir]

Yeah, I was hoping for more from the show.

[Mikey]

It seems the producers didn't even watch one episode of the original series.

If they had they'd realize the Bionic Woman was not about a bionic woman.

It was about an incredibly likable person who just happened to be bionic.

[MIB41]

That 2007 depiction seem to be the very antithesis of what most of us who knew the character to be. I think what has always been lost on those wanting to explore rebooting the bionic series (either in film or on TV) is just how critical charisma and relate-able qualities played in the lead role. These were people you felt like you knew. Lee Majors had tons of swagger but also a "awe shucks" kind of humbleness about him that made him so enduring. And Lindsay Wagoner was everyone's favorite girl-next-door hero who Lee had the classic childhood crush and ultimate life long love for. You can't toss that out and pretend like those who grew up with those shows can just follow a reboot for the sci-fi aspect. Without an investment in the characters, no one really would have cared about the sci-fi qualities of the premise. The human element fighting against the machines of technology has always been a prominent theme in those series and actually what inspired the Terminator movies. I found the Bionic Woman reboot to be lifeless and very formulated. The studio seem to almost be ashamed of the original series so they tried to do everything opposite of that show. The results speak for themselves.